Tahoe was such a huge mess, but I'm hopeful that the new CEO will turn things around and bring things back to normal.
If they do, I'll consider upgrading both OS and laptop, but right now I'm holding on to Sequoia
They have a new head designer too IIRC, but probably is going to take some time for him to slowly move away from the mess he inherited.
Golden Gate is better but it hasn't fixed your icons unfortunately
Apple CEOs always seem to want to make a splash via hardware (especially since the guy worked in hardware engineering) but it would be nice if an engineer brings more focus on the software as well.
It really was Mac OS X's Vista moment.
Edit: It'll always be Mac OS X to me, not macOS.